The Strange Story of Dagober the Ducktales Bandit | New Yorker | 12/20/21

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-strange-story-of-dagobert-the-ducktales-bandit

Summary: Arno Funke wanted to become a cartoonist, but it was not working out. Arno was from a working class family in the 1950s in Western Berlin. By the time he was 30 he was depressed and in need of money. He decided to become an extortionist and learned how to create bombs. He used his bombs to threaten KaDeWe, a luxury department store frequented by Germany's richest. The first attempt did not work the police did not know how to give him his money and the bomb did not go off. However, he tried again and this time the bomb had a timer and went off; to his relief there was no casualties. He then got his money by instructing store managers by using prerecorded messages and a two way radio.

3 Fun Facts:

1. He used a breifcase with a false bottom to drop off his second bomb.

2. He used inspiration form ducktales to pull off his extortions

3. When he got his money only four thousand dollars were real the rest was Mickey Mouse money.